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Watching Brief
Date 17 March 2015
Event ID 1034578
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034578
NS 0947 5343 A watching brief was undertaken on 17 March 2015 during the excavation of a shallow trench to hold the footings for a new bench, located to the SW of the upper graveyard boundary wall of St Blane’s Church. The results of the excavation reflect the backfill or dumping of excavated/disturbed soils and rubble. The presence of six-inch nails may indicate this ‘fill’ was the result of an earlier (20th century) shallow archaeological excavation in the area. The abundance of slate fragments probably either reflect roofing material from the various medieval buildings in the area, or the extensive use of slate ‘pinners’ within the (much restored) upper graveyard boundary wall.
G Ewart 2015
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
